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   bind

   /bʌɪnd/

   verb

   • 1. tie or fasten (something) tightly together: "they bound her hands and feet" Similar tietie upfasten (together)hold togethersecuremake fastattachropestraplashtrusstetherhitchchainfetterpinionshacklehobblemoorOpposite untierelease
   • ▪ restrain (someone) by tying their hands and feet: "the raider then bound and gagged Mr Glenn"
   • ▪ wrap (something) tightly: "her hair was bound up in a towel"
   • ▪ bandage (a wound): "he cleaned the wound and bound it up with a clean dressing" Similar bandagedresscoverwrapswatheswaddlestrap uptape up
   • ▪ (of an object) be encircled by something, typically metal bands, so as to have greater strength: "an ancient oak chest bound with brass braces"
   • 2. stick together or cause to stick together in a single mass: "mix the flour with the coconut and enough egg white to bind them" Similar stickcohere
   • ▪ cause (painting pigments) to form a smooth medium by mixing them with oil.
   • ▪ hold by chemical bonding: "a protein in a form that can bind DNA"
   • ▪ (of a food or medicine) make (someone) constipated: "eating foods that are low in fibre can bind you up"
   • 3. cause (people) to feel united: "it's music that has bound us together" Similar unitejoinbondknit togetherdraw togetheryoke togetherOpposite separate
   • 4. impose a legal or contractual obligation on: "a party who signs a document will normally be bound by its terms"
   • ▪ be hampered or constrained by: "Sarah did not want to be bound by a rigid timetable" Similar constrainrestrictconfinerestraintie hand and foottie downshacklehamperhinderinhibitcramp someone's styleliterary:trammel
   • ▪ make a contractual or enforceable undertaking: formal "the government cannot bind itself as to the form of subsequent legislation" Similar commit oneselfundertakegive an undertakingpledgevowpromisesweargive one's word
   • ▪ indenture (someone) as an apprentice: "he was bound apprentice at the age of sixteen"
   • 5. fix together and enclose (the pages of a book) in a cover: "a small, fat volume, bound in red morocco"
   • 6. trim (the edge of a piece of material) with a decorative strip: "a frill with the edges bound in a contrasting colour" Similar trimhemedgeborderfringerimbandfinisharchaic:purfle
   • 7. (of a quantifier) be applied to (a given variable) so that the variable falls within its scope. For example, in an expression of the form ‘For every x, if x is a dog, x is an animal’, the universal quantifier is binding the variable x.
   • 8. (of a rule or set of grammatical conditions) determine the relationship between (coreferential noun phrases).

   noun

   • 1. a problematical situation: "he is in a bind that gets worse with every passing minute" Similar predicamentawkward situationquandarydilemmaplightdifficult situationcleft stickmessquagmireimpassedouble bindinformal:spottight spothole
   • ▪ a nuisance: informal British "the travelling can be a bit of a bind" Similar nuisanceannoyanceinconvenienceborebothersource of irritationirritantproblemtrialinformal:painpain in the neckpain in the backsideheadachehassledragaggravationpestpain in the buttfair cownarkvulgar slang:pain in the arsepain in the assdated:infliction
   • 2. a statutory constraint: formal "the moral bind of the law"
   • 3. another term for tie
   • 4. another term for bine

   Word Origin Old Englishbindan, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch and German binden, from an Indo-European root shared by Sanskrit bandh.

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   ˈbīnd. bound ˈbau̇nd ; binding. Synonyms of bind. transitive verb. 1. a. : to make secure by tying. His hands were bound with rope. b. : to confine, restrain, or restrict as if with bonds. … she was not wholly bound in mind by her middle-class existence Delmore Schwartz. c. : to put under an obligation. binds himself with an oath. d.

3. dictionary.cambridge.org › dictionary › englishBIND | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary

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   to tie something around a part of the body, especially a part that is damaged: He had already bound the child's arm when I arrived. [ T ] to sew or stick material along the edges of something such as a jacket, in order to make it stronger or to decorate it: The edges of the carpet are bound to stop them fraying. [ T ]

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   to hold to a particular state, place, employment, etc.: Business kept him bound to the city. to place under obligation or compulsion (usually used passively): We are bound by good sense to obey the country's laws. Synonyms: obligate, oblige, engage.

5. www.collinsdictionary.com › dictionary › englishBIND definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary

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   If something binds people together, it makes them feel as if they are all part of the same group or have something in common. …a group of people bound together by shared language, culture, and beliefs.

6. dictionary.cambridge.org › us › dictionaryBIND | definition in the Cambridge English Dictionary

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   to tie something or someone tightly or to fasten something: They bound the packages with brightly colored ribbon. Bind together the two broken ends. The prisoner was bound hand and foot. [ T ] (also bind up) to tie something around a part of the body, especially a part that is damaged: He had already bound the child's arm when I arrived. [ T ]

7. www.vocabulary.com › dictionary › bindBind - Definition, Meaning & Synonyms | Vocabulary.com

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   If you're in a bind, you have been hindered by some situation. You'll find yourself in a bind if you agree to bring dessert to a party, only to realize that you're out of fruit, sugar, and chocolate chips. The verb bind means to tie, secure, or fasten as with string or rope.

8. www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com › definition › englishbind verb - Definition, pictures, pronunciation and usage notes...

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   Definition of bind verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.